Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1887-01-20
City and County.
Mr.. Applebee's Second Lecture.

The second lecture by Mr.. Appebee. on
Thursday evening. Jan. 6, which is pronounced
by many as the better OF the two. was entitled I
Macbeth: A Drama of Conscience" The
speaker said: | have called Macb,th drama
of conscience. ana think the phrase very d,-
scripti>e of the play. Macb,ih and Lady Mar-
beth illustrate very furcibN. though in WA :
quite different. the dominion OF conscience
over human beings. Cuu>ci, nee il never The
same in amy TWO persons. Murder 10 Lady
Macbeth. with her strong will. brco'ht> >ome-
thin" from which Il little Water would clear
her. II i only in her dreams when her Will
cannot assert itself that c"n,ci, me-, .,t> full
mastery over her With Macbeth. howr,rr
murder hccamr terrific thing ever pres
ent tormcntor which always and ever, here
bad, hi> conscience la>h and sting him for tie
great crime of which he WAS guilty. Whatever
hi ewes fell upon seemed unnatural aud per-
verified. The follow ing words mich hc utter, Il
will reveal something OF hi, feelings:
Is this dagger " hich >,r before me
The handle Yard my hand: Come. let ne
clutch ihcc:
| have thee. not. sud y,t have thee still
Ar thou not. fatal Vision. sensible
To f,,'liny. j. 10 >i.hl or ant thun hat
4 dagger of thu mind; ial>, ctctij"n.
Proceeding from ih, l., al-opUrc>-,d brain:
! So. thee. ,r' ia form - lupahr
A. This " hich NOW drew.
Thou mar>ha>t mt iht waN that ~ goiu- :;
And such au instrument wa> 10 US.
Mine ewes made The fools a. The other SENSES.
Or else worth all the rest: | see ili," sill
And on tn, blade aud dudg,,n. -utt> 81 ho"d.
" hich Wa not 80 before. There's no >uch
thin:
1t i, thc'blo"d, business which informs
Thus to mine eyes. Now ocr Ihr uuc-half
world
Nature seems dead aud wicked dreams abuse
I he curtan't sleeper; wiichciat' c'.ehrot'>
Pale Ilrtaf''> otf,rin.>; and wihcrtd murder
Alarm, d y hi Il ntinoI the Wof
Whose ho" hi " atch, thus wilh hi >italthH
pace.
With Tarquin's raNi>hng strides. towards hi
design
Move. like ghost. Thou sure and tirm->ct
earth.
Hear not my steps. which Way they walk. for
fear
The ,e.N stones pirate Of my wh'rcabouf.
And taxi, the present horror from The time.
Which now suit with it, Whites threat. hc
Word, 10 The heat of deeds too cold breath
Conscience do. not tcll IT, wl.r j. righr or
" hat i wrong: for right and wrong must b.
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